BBC Iplayer Proxy - (Updated 2017) Watching the BBC Outside the UK ?

I travel a lot and when away there are two main Internet sites that cheer me up without fail - BBC IPlayer and Pandora. Unfortunately it can be difficult to both watch BBC iPlayer abroad and Pandora outside the US are actually quite tricky because they will only work with a UK or US workstation respectively.

Fortunately because I always surf through a secure proxy on the Identity Cloaker network, this doesn't really matter to me as my location is defined by whichever proxy I am surfing through. So I simply select a UK server for watching it's kind of a BBC IPlayer proxy.

Identity Cloaker is the most sophisticated security software on the internet, it allows you to surf completely protected via a network of private proxies across the planet. These are fast, secure properly run proxy servers not the free slow ones infested with viruses that people normally try to use !! You might have also seen the dedicated VPN, smart dns and proxy servers promoted for unblocking bbc iplayer or other online TV stations - they are very often simply a single server set up quickly. Why? Simply because when the BBC legal department threaten them (which they usually do), they end up disappearing suddenly.

So when I am in Turkey and want to watch - I simply connect via a UK dns proxy and watch BBC Iplayer, if I want to listen to Pandora outside the US I just select one of the US proxies. It doesn't matter where I am as long as I have a working internet connection, because it's encrypted I can watch from anywhere. The same goes for a TV channels in lots of other countries as they have Australian, Canadian, German, French, Irish and a host of other proxy servers to watch in addition to the huge number of UK servers.

Anyway I have made this rather bad video to illustrate how I access the BBC Iplayer abroad. I'm afraid I don't do the ease of this any justice with my video though, the best thing about the Identity Cloaker to access these programs is the huge choice of proxies and their speed. If you've ever tried using Iplayer through a free proxy you'll realise how painful it can be.

Using a BBC Iplayer Proxy

I've never used the video software before so apologies for the amateurish video editing. I just wanted to make sure people were able to see how easy it is to use this security software. There are dedicated services for just watching BBC Iplayer that cost well over twice the price of Identity Cloaker, they offer just a single proxy server to do this - Identity cloaker has proxies all over the planet and dedicated software to control and protect your connection, from an icon in your taskbar.

It takes a minute or so to install and then you just point and click.

It is actually a fundamental point of using a proxy abroad, your IP address defines who you are and what you can see. So if you surf via a UK proxy this is how any web server you visit will see you also exactly the same as a UK Internet surfer. Because Identity Cloaker has fast proxies in lots of other countries you can use it to access similar restricted broadcasts in Sweden, Germany, France, Canada, US and many others. If you like music try Pandora for an awesome US only radio station - just select the right countries proxy and you'll be away.

Of course you can use this method by using a free proxy but most are unsuitable for watching videos from BBC Iplayer outside the UK as they are so slow, but PLEASE remove the proxy before you start doing any other surfing remember free proxies are mostly hacked servers and your details are not safe being passed through them !

So can you use BBC Iplayer anywhere?

Pretty much, as long as you pick one the UK proxies, it manages your connection in the background and encrypts you connection. You can even run it from a USB stick if you remember to take your login details with you, watch it through firewalls and when countries try to censor what you watch.

If you travel a lot it also means you can access lots of other sites which have country restrictions stopping you watching the BBC IPlayer abroad. For instance I can access UK poker and casino sites from the States who would normally block an American IP address, Turkey often block Youtube and social networking sites but Identity Cloaker users just bypass this.

Anyway I'm off to Turkey in a few weeks and I'll be keeping up with all the latest BBC programs watching BBC IPlayer outside the uk via Identity Cloaker.

In a few minutes you can be watching your favourite BBC shows through a safe, fast and secure proxy

If you like to watch or listen to any UK TV shows and you spend any amount of time abroad, you'll find it a fantastic investment. The software is simple to work and you just pick a proxy to connect to and off you go, remember free proxies are very slow and many are full of viruses. If you do manage to find a safe, fast free proxy server to watch the BBC Iplayer on, chances are it will be gone in a day or so.

The ability to watch media is not advertised on the web site but drop them a line if you want to check, the support staff are very responsive and will check out problems with any channels. Unblocking BBC iplayer is straight forward as are most of the UK TV stations online. Be very careful of companies who do advertise this TV facility openly through things like a smart dns proxy facility, they frequently disappear overnight, after legal threats from the media companies themselves i.e. BBC, Hulu and ITV etc.

Why not treat yourself here to 10 days of the BBC Iplayer with the Identity Cloaker trial to check it works - for the price of a coffee and sandwich you'll be impressed I'm sure!

Can you tell me if you can use identity cloaker to use the the new service of BBC i-player on the Humax Foxsat HDR abroad? This service makes it possible to watch BBC i-player on your TV but because I live abroad I need a way around my ip address. I instaaled the trial version on my computer and I can watch i-player on my computer. My Humax is connected wireless to the internet with a plug. It received its own ip-address. Will this address be 'cloaked' when I have installed the programme on my computer?

I'm afraid that's not going to work, your Humax Foxsat HDR won't be cloaked as it is presumably using the IP address it gets from your router. This will then get blocked from the BBC Iplayer site.

How practical this is depends on the network configuration screens on your Humax Foxsat. If it allows the input of a proxy server (plus a username and password) you'd be able to use the IP address any of the Identity Cloaker UK proxies, but from what I can discover it simply doesn't allow this.

You basically need to do what I tested with the Wii here - Wii Iplayer abroad - which works fine because you can input the setting directly onto the hardware - i.e. the Wii.

There are ways to route your Humax through a PC running Identity Cloaker but it would be a bit convoluted and I suspect would end up being a bit slow.

Thanks for that Welshgadgets, I had already expected this but as I'm not an expert I wasn't sure. I have just got the wii working, I had problems at first because I forgot to change the country into united kingdom. It works fine now.

The Mac is still in beta, but contact Identity Cloaker and they'll send you a copy I'm sure. I can send you it you also if you leave an email address here on my blog (I won't post it) - or use the contact us button above and send me a message.

I watched this thinking it'd be too good to be true as well, and was pretty sceptical.

I downloaded the trial paid the 4 pounds and tried it out for 10 days. Its fantastic. I just renewed with a three month subscription.

I've found a Canadian IP that works with ESPN360 (which is fantastic for sports fans), i've also been able to access live streaming NRL coverage from within Australia where I live. I recommend buying the trial 10 day pass and giving it a go.

Thank you very much Welshgadgets for showing me how to use this WORKING Solution for streaming TV. The least I can do is give you some positive feedback sir.

BBCi and ITV player work fine but you can't watch channel 4 live since this is done via tvcatchup.co.uk and when you try and sign up to them it knows you are outside the UK. I have only tried 3 different UK proxies and none worked. Maybe someone can investigate as to whether some of the proxies have already been blocked.

I'm afraid TVCatchup won't work through any proxies at least the fast commercial ones. They've blocked access to any IP address from a UK datacentre. Looking for a solution but not found one yet. You'd need a server hosted outside one of the main datacentres.

This is the only channel I've found that has done this all the others like BBC Iplayer etc can be watched either via a UK proxy or using the VPN mode in Identity Cloaker.

To be honest I've never tried it from Australia, but I have a friend who uses it regularly from Perth and he says all the UK stuff works fine (he doesn't watch the US sites but there's no reason there should be a problem - more US servers coming soon)

The download cap is there just to stop people downloading 24/7 - as long as you don't download the HD versions you'll easily get over 200 hours viewing per month probably much more.

Hope that helps - best to try out the trial first if you want to test it.

I have paid for the demo 10 day version, the ITV iPlayer site works well but I cannot watch NBC when I switch to the US server, I have been trying to watch "Who do you think you are?" but it just sits there and does nothing, any tips or tricks I should know about?

Well I have tried every VPN setting there is and it still doesn't let me watch NBC. I admit to not being techie but I can follow instructions, I followed your link to the letter but the webpage comes up, with Done down at the bottom but no actual video to be seen. If at all possible if you have the time do you think you could go and try and watch Who Do You Think You Are? My daughter is desperate to watch the Sarah Jessica Parker episode LOL!! If you can't be bothered then that is OK too, do you think it is because Australia is so far from the US or is that a dumb question ha ha!!

Just a quick comment to let people know I have resubscribed for 3 months as I had no problems with IC at all. Only speed issues are with BBCi Player during world cup matches but that's more about the BBC than IC. Very satisfied!

I've had loads of emails about the Mac version but alas they've still not released it officially!

They're are still some issues with it so the Identity Cloaker people are holding it back.

If any Mac user wants to watch BBC Iplayer, ITV, Hulu etc - I've found a good service which is decent value - it's low key (i.e not called uk tv,bbc iplayer abroad, bbc proxy etc), very cheap and has a great network of servers across the world included in the price.

It depends on what your router is.Your router must support Remote access via a VPN connection (usually PPTP, Ipsec or L2TP). You have to enable this service on your router then create a VPN connection from your Canada computer back to the router.

Quite a few modern routers allow VPN connections.

The problem I had is that UK upload speeds are often very slow compared with download speeds (you'll be uploading from your router to your Canada computer)but that depends on your connection.

If set up it does allow you to watch BBC IPlayer though as your connection will be registered as in the UK.

The new version of Identity Cloaker should be out any day now :)It's vastly increased security enabling you to encrypt any application individually - for those of us concerned with anonymous surfing it's very welcome !

I know many just want to watch stuff online -but better news for them - the VPN function will be built in making BBC Iplayer, Hulu, Sky Player, Pandora and all the rest accessible from the main program.

I've been testing it with many others for months - hopefully will be released very soon. I think they'll leave the old version available as this one can't be run from a USB drive yet I'm afraid.

While not surfing, I use a program that accesses UK based servers that will not be allowed to access them outside the UK. It is a trading program (Metatrader 4). Do you know if these Proxies works with this kind of program? Thanks

Thank you so much for the Overplay suggestion for Mac users. It's totally AWESOME! if the Beeb has any sense they would actually integrate it into their site so the UK residents overseas wouldn't miss out. I live out in the maldives - and i have my own place in england - with a fully licensed tv but no one to enjoy the shows - so overplay is just brilliant for this. I also ilke your site and the way you write. Thank you again for all your info and help.

I have been using one of those *sneaky* proxies you mentioned and am interested in Identity Cloaker.

I am a BBC/ITV-aholic here in the states. One thing, is there a way to also use this on a Wii (for my son's sanity as we never watch the same things at the exact same time, and we are in the same house) also, no matter how hard I try, I can NOT get the BBC iPlayer downloader to DL programmes for later... would Identity Cloaker solve this, or should I get a friend over the pond to DL it, and email the .exe file to me?

As for downloading content unfortunately you can't use proxies for that. The BBC Iplayer Download button needs to be connected by what's called a VPN. Fortunately Identity Cloaker has a mode for that which you can probably best see here -

You're right it hasn't happened yet. It was pretty much complete but they had problems with a couple of issues which affected a few users. Main issue has been finding competent OSx programmers I believe (so if you know any I'm sure they'd be interested!)

Having said that the pre-release version seemed to work pretty well for most people.

If you've bought for the MAC version - drop them a line and ask for a copy to try.

Is there a way that I can use my iPhone directly through iPlayer app to either watch the TV or listen to Radio?Channel 4 used to be my favourite, however, without IP and I can not use PC as proxy, I am wondering which is the proper way using iPhone or iPad directly.Any comment or suggestions?Thanks a million

They don't have South African servers I'm afraid. If you want to watch DSTV - these guys have a server in Pretoria. I just had a quick test and DSTV detected I was in South Africa so looks like it will work.

Haven't tested speed or anything though so just test with their month trial first. They're good guys though.

Thank for the earlier post about streaming live on your iPad, Welshgadgets. My company recently got me an iPhone and now I'm able to watch live BBC TV. Still want to be able to steam it on my desktop but this is great.

And for people thinking about subscribing to IdentityCloaker, I can tell you they rock. Fantastic customer service. You won't be disappointed.

Hi Val,Yep it still works fine, I used it over the weekend from France. I presume you mean the BBC targeting VPN and proxies - http://www.anonymous-proxies.org/2015/10/bbc-locks-down-iplayer-from-vpn-and.html.

Identity Cloaker is relatively low key and never advertises it's ability to watch TV on it so tends to get ignored. If you've paid up front for another service ask them if they have any other IP addresses you can use, although the BBC have blocked lots of services most of them have switched IP addresses to bypass this.

Another small update. Identity Cloaker has survived the recent BBC purge on VPN programs, still works perfectly.

Also it's one of the few that will still work with Netflix. So if you want to watch US or UK Netflix then just choose one of the US servers. It only redirects to these versions currently because of the way Netflix chose to block VPNs. They now restrict access from all commercial registered IP addresses. Identity Cloaker now has some residential addresses specifically for Netflix but unfortunately they are much more expensive. As such you can only redirect to US and UK Netflix currently.

it does not work with chrome for live ITV. -it shows about 5 minutes and then loops back. It does do catch up. the problem is in China it needs a fast connection and at certain times of day the UK site is really slow. Openvpn does sometimes work when this occurs.

Hi Gregory, Thanks for the comment, it's really interesting as I've not tried Identity Cloaker with ITV live from China. I did use it from China last year but only with BBC iPlayer which was fine.

Have you tried all the servers, sometimes switching to a different UK server might help. Also try changing the encrypted/unencrypted setting both these can affect the speed. Strange that the OpenVPN connection worked better for you though, I normally find it slightly slower.

If you have a tablet/smart phone you could try setting up the VPN connection directly (i.e without the software) and see if that helps?

Mind you if it's just latency from the ITV site when accessed from your location in China there's probably little you can do. It's worth sending an email to the Identity Cloaker support guys they will always try and help you with any issues like this.